JLPT N2
JLPT N2 Vocabulary
Upper-intermediate vocabulary for reading a wide range of native texts and grasping subtle meanings.
1,831 words · 19 pages · 100 per page
| Word | Reading | Romaji | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 題名 | だいめい | daimei | title |
| でたらめ | — | detarame | (1) irresponsible utterance, nonsense, nonsensical, (2) random |
| 目上 | めうえ | meue | superior(s), senior |
| 成分 | せいぶん | seibun | ingredient, component, composition |
| サイレン | — | sairen | siren |
| 毛糸 | けいと | keito | knitting wool |
| 酌む | くむ | kumu | to serve sake |
| 中世 | ちゅうせい | chūsei | Middle Ages, mediaeval times |
| 雨戸 | あまど | amado | sliding storm door |
| 矢印 | やじるし | yajirushi | directing arrow |
| 御中 | おんちゅう | onchū | and Company, Messrs. |
| 目安 | めやす | meyasu | criterion, aim |
| 架空 | かくう | kakū | aerial, overhead, fiction, fanciful |
| 詰まる | つまる | tsumaru | to be blocked, to be packed |
| 売行き | うれゆき | ureyuki | sales |
| 民謡 | みんよう | min'yō | folk song, popular song |
| 発つ | たつ | tatsu | to depart (on a plane, train, etc.) |
| 真っ暗 | まっくら | makkura | total darkness, shortsightedness, pitch dark |
| ぜひとも | — | zehitomo | by all means (with sense of not taking no for an answer) |
| 小学生 | しょうがくせい | shōgakusei | grade school student |
| 手入れ | ていれ | teire | repairs, maintenance |
| 文献 | ぶんけん | bunken | literature, books (reference) |
| 休業 | きゅうぎょう | kyūgyō | closed (e.g. store), business suspended, shutdown, holiday |
| 軟らかい | やわらかい | yawarakai | soft, tender, limp |
| 呼び掛ける | よびかける | yobikakeru | to call out to, to accost, to address (crowd), to appeal |
| 意義 | いぎ | igi | meaning, significance |
| 蒸し暑い | むしあつい | mushiatsui | humid, sultry |
| 殖える | ふえる | fueru | to increase, to multiply |
| 基準 | きじゅん | kijun | standard, basis, criteria, norm |
| 先端 | せんたん | sentan | pointed end, tip, fine point |
| 中性 | ちゅうせい | chūsei | neuter gender, neutral (chem.), indifference, sterility |
| 比較的 | ひかくてき | hikakuteki | comparatively, relatively |
| 書籍 | しょせき | shoseki | book, publication |
| 芯 | しん | shin | core, heart, wick, marrow |
| 琴 | こと | koto | Koto (Japanese harp) |
| お代わり | おかわり | okawari | second helping, another cup |
| 卸す | おろす | orosu | to sell wholesale, grated (vegetables) |
| ブラシ | — | burashi | brushy, brush |
| ふざける | — | fuzakeru | to romp, to gambol, to frolic, to joke |
| 基盤 | きばん | kiban | foundation, basis |
| 先々週 | せんせんしゅう | sensenshū | week before last |
| 響く | ひびく | hibiku | to resound |
| 真っ黒 | まっくろ | makkuro | pitch black |
| 水平 | すいへい | suihei | water level, horizon |
| 危うい | あやうい | ayaui | dangerous, critical, grave |
| 着々 | ちゃくちゃく | chakuchaku | steadily |
| 記号 | きごう | kigō | symbol, code |
| 催促 | さいそく | saisoku | request, demand, claim, urge (action), press for |
| 平気 | へいき | heiki | coolness, calmness, composure, unconcern |
| 学級 | がっきゅう | gakkyū | grade in school |
| 制作 | せいさく | seisaku | work (film, book) |
| 特売 | とくばい | tokubai | special sale |
| 休講 | きゅうこう | kyūkō | lecture cancelled |
| おかず | — | okazu | side dish, accompaniment for rice dishes |
| 鉱物 | こうぶつ | kōbutsu | mineral |
| 山林 | さんりん | sanrin | mountain forest, mountains and forest |
| 粒 | つぶ | tsubu | grain |
| 速達 | そくたつ | sokutatsu | express, special delivery |
| ずらり | — | zurari | in a row; in a line |
| 必需品 | ひつじゅひん | hitsujuhin | necessities, necessary article, requisite, essential |
| 農薬 | のうやく | nōyaku | agricultural chemicals |
| 鳴らす | ならす | narasu | to ring, to sound, to chime, to beat, to snort (nose) |
| 女の人 | おんなのひと | onnanohito | woman |
| 余計 | よけい | yokei | too much, unnecessary, abundance, surplus, excess, superfluity |
| 大通り | おおどおり | ōdōri | main street |
| 改造 | かいぞう | kaizō | (1) remodeling, (2) modding (comp) |
| 大小 | だいしょう | daishō | size |
| ウール | — | ūru | wool |
| 妥当 | だとう | datō | valid, proper, right, appropriate |
| 整備 | せいび | seibi | adjustment, completion, consolidation |
| 曲線 | きょくせん | kyokusen | curve |
| ロッカー | — | rokkā | locker |
| 四季 | しき | shiki | four seasons |
| そのうえ | — | sonōe | in addition, furthermore |
| 蕎麦 | そば | soba | soba (buckwheat noodles) |
| 機関車 | きかんしゃ | kikansha | locomotive, engine |
| 留守番 | るすばん | rusuban | care-taking, caretaker, house-watching |
| 美容 | びよう | biyō | beauty of figure or form |
| 対照 | たいしょう | taishō | contrast, antithesis, comparison |
| 学会 | がっかい | gakkai | scientific society, academic meeting |
| 木材 | もくざい | mokuzai | lumber, timber, wood |
| 従姉妹 | いとこ | itoko | cousin (female) |
| 論ずる | ろんずる | ronzuru | to argue, to discuss, to debate |
| ゆでる | — | yuderu | to boil |
| スタート | — | sutāto | start |
| ごぞんじですか | — | gozonjidesuka | do you know? (polite) |
| 味わう | あじわう | ajiwau | to taste, to savor, to relish |
| 校庭 | こうてい | kōtei | campus |
| 殻 | から | kara | shell, husk, hull, chaff |
| 碁 | ご | go | Go (board game of capturing territory) |
| 学年 | がくねん | gakunen | year in school, grade in school |
| 仮定 | かてい | katei | assumption, supposition, hypothesis |
| 大して | たいして | taishite | (not so) much, (not) very |
| 広さ | ひろさ | hirosa | extent |
| ポスター | — | posutā | poster |
| やっつける | — | yattsukeru | to attack (an enemy), to beat, to do away with, to finish off |
| 終了 | しゅうりょう | shūryō | end, close, termination |
| 三日月 | みかづき | mikazuki | new moon, crescent moon |
| 飾り | かざり | kazari | decoration |
| 塊 | かたまり | katamari | lump, mass, clod, cluster |